Florida sees 8,401 new COVID-19 cases, percent positive dips under 8%

In the latest report from the Florida Department of Health, the state added another 8,401 COVID-19 cases for Dec. 19.

A total of 1,201,566 people in Florida have tested positive for coronavirus since the pandemic began.

Florida recently became the third state to report more than 1 million cases, behind California and Texas. In November alone, Florida reported 200,753 cases of COVID-19 -- nearly 20 percent of the total number of cases in the state since March.

On Sunday, the state also reported another 95 Floridians and two non-residents had died after testing positive for COVID-19. That brings the total to 20,568 residents and 293 non-residents who have died since the pandemic began -- a total of 20,861 deaths in the state related to the virus.

[billyjoesmo]

Why do the charts usually end two weeks ago what's up with that can't we have up-to-date charts?

[nightengale]

Be careful so that an increase in hospitalizations doesn't overwhelm the healthcare facilities or staff 😷⚕️